The “chicken toss” consists of throwing chickens, one or two at
a time, up in the air from a tavern roof. Crowds scramble to grab the birds
as they fall to the ground. The chickens are huddled freezing and fearful
together in crates and bags awaiting their mistreatment by villagers who
consider this animal abuse fun.

There is no similarity between a chicken being pulled from a container and
thrown roughly up in the air from a roof, and a chicken fluttering to the
ground voluntarily from a perch.

In addition to the physically cruel conditions is the heartless attitude
toward the birds.

“Chickens are very intelligent, sensitive creatures,” says
Karen Davis, President of United Poultry Concerns. “They know they
are in an atmosphere of meanness and hurtfulness from which they cannot
defend themselves.”

It’s time for Ridgeland to quit this cruel, moronic entertainment.
They shame themselves by acting like village idiots, abusing helpless
animals for fun, and teaching their children to be vicious bullies.

For information, contact Karen Davis, United Poultry Concerns at
757-678-7875 or karen@upc-online.org